Building a custom controller (some How-To's)
Building a custom controller (some How-To's) Posted on: 20.03.2009 by Carmela Trenk Hi, I'm a regular reader of DJtt and you got me to get into controllerism at last I'm an amateur mixer and use CDj players for mixing my tracks, but i have worked a lot with traktor 2 and 3 before I bought the CDj players.So now I'm trying to build a small custom controller and have been reading several sites about midi, hid and controllerism and I'm quite lost.. The controller I want to build consists of deck control buttons (cue, play, pause, pitch bend...), volume faders and EQ knobs so I can control traktor. I have some experience programming PIC microcontrollers (with C language) and that's why I didn't want to buy any Arduino or U-HID board and build something similar myself, connect the sensors that I need and send the data out ready to be interpreted by the software. 1st question: What data format should my controller deliver to the pc? MIDI? HID? 2nd question: I wanted to send the data for traktor via USB, is it possible??? Do i need to change the data format because of that or the USB transmission acts only as a channel where MIDI data passes through??? 3rd question: What does the controller have to do (in terms of communication) when connected to the pc so that the pc recognizes the controller as what i want it to be recognized (a MIDI controller)??? I'd apprecciate if someone could help out pointing me in some direction. Good vibes from PT | |
| Carmela Trenk 20.03.2009 | Hi, I'm a regular reader of DJtt and you got me to get into controllerism at last I'm an amateur mixer and use CDj players for mixing my tracks, but i have worked a lot with traktor 2 and 3 before I bought the CDj players. So now I'm trying to build a small custom controller and have been reading several sites about midi, hid and controllerism and I'm quite lost.. The controller I want to build consists of deck control buttons (cue, play, pause, pitch bend...), volume faders and EQ knobs so I can control traktor. I have some experience programming PIC microcontrollers (with C language) and that's why I didn't want to buy any Arduino or U-HID board and build something similar myself, connect the sensors that I need and send the data out ready to be interpreted by the software. 1st question: What data format should my controller deliver to the pc? MIDI? HID? 2nd question: I wanted to send the data for traktor via USB, is it possible??? Do i need to change the data format because of that or the USB transmission acts only as a channel where MIDI data passes through??? 3rd question: What does the controller have to do (in terms of communication) when connected to the pc so that the pc recognizes the controller as what i want it to be recognized (a MIDI controller)??? I'd apprecciate if someone could help out pointing me in some direction. Good vibes from PT |
| ezequiel tapia 20.03.2009 | The CUIduino is pretty neat too, a cross between the CUI and the arduino, one of the cooler bits is that it truly supports USB (opposed to serial over) and in turn shows up as a proper HID device and can natively rap in MIDI/OSC. |
| Adolf Hit 20.03.2009 |
1st question:
What data format should my controller deliver to the pc? MIDI? HID?
2nd question:
I wanted to send the data for traktor via USB, is it possible??? Do i need to change the data format because of that or the USB transmission acts only as a channel where MIDI data passes through???
3rd question:
What does the controller have to do (in terms of communication) when connected to the pc so that the pc recognizes the controller as what i want it to be recognized (a MIDI controller)??? http://nz.mouser.com/Search/ProductD...BQcNpICy4077ml This family of micro-controllers has built in USB with a wide range of open source drivers supporting everything from mass storage to Midi. This means when you plug the device in it will come up as a device in you audio software rather than having to pipe it through loopbe or a similar router. |
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